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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Danny Baum?

2. In Chapter 30, McCall begins to connect with whom but then this person has to move?

3. In Chapter 43, this woman claims to have birthed a child father by McCall.

4. After arriving home from St. Brides, McCall makes arrangements to see whom but feels awkward around this person?

5. In Chapter 36, McCall's visiting friend gets a job doing what and becomes disgusted at the low pay?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the fellowship program in Missouri help McCall deal with his racial sensitivity?

2. How does McCall's relationship with his son, Monroe, compare to McCall's relationship with his biological father as described in Chapter 30?

3. What happens when McCall deals with the question of whether to abort his own child and an assignment in Chapter 31?

4. In Part III, what relationship does McCall have with his editor?

5. Later, in Chapter 34, McCall pressures Debbie to abort their second child but why is McCall glad the abortion did not happen?

6. How does McCall deal with his friends' suspicions about his "good fortune" in Part II of the book?

7. Why does McCall enjoy the small things in Chapter 24?

8. Why do friends and family have to help McCall when he goes to visit his kids in Atlanta, in Chapter 42?

9. What does McCall fear about his kids from Debbie and what does he do about it, according to Chapter 34?

10. How does McCall proceed with the advice he got from Milton regarding his prison record during the Washington Post interview?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

McCall runs away from home and returns in Part I of the book. Why does McCall run away, why does he return, and why does McCall refer to the whipping he gets from his stepfather upon his return home saving "face?"

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 14, McCall shoots a man who had once raped and is now harassing Elisabeth. How does the system handle McCall and this crime and how does this compare to how something like this might be handled in today's system with a shooter like McCall and a man like Plaz? Consider the type of threat to Elisabeth as an influencing factor as well.

Essay Topic 3

Explain McCall's conflict about deciding whether to join a gang while in prison or walk away (Part II of book, Chapter 17-23). Also discuss how this conflict illustrates McCall's growing maturity.

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